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Summary

Black and white photograph featuring workers packing and sealing paper product in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 5 in a series featuring paper examining and processing areas.

This image is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.

Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.

Description of Content

Factory work area with women seated at various workstations, some on cutting machines, some with piles of boxes. Shelving on rear and side walls with door to stairs in background.